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I run a small VPS host and rely on PayPal for payments, mainly because (a) most VPS customers pay that way if you aren't AWS or GoDaddy and (b) very good fraud protection. My prior venture had quite a bit of chargebacks from Stripe so it went PP-only also.

My dad told me I should "reduce the processing fees" and inaccurately cited that ChatGPT told him PayPal has 5% fees when it really has 3-3.5% fees (plus 49 cents). Yet he insisted 5% was the charge.

Yes, PayPal sucks but ChatGPT sucks even more. When I was a child he said Toontown would ruin my brain, yet LLMs are ruining his even more.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

LLM's are not AI. Calling it as such says more about the person than the technology. And then I realize, they might be right... /s

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

calling LLMs ai isnt wrong at all, it's just that sci-fi has made people think ai always means something as smart as a human. heck, the simple logic controlling the monsters in Minecraft is called ai.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Thank you for confirming what I said.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Get off your high horse and use the same definitions as everyone else. Intentionally choosing to use different ones and then acting like everyone else is stupid is incredibly annoying and proves nothing.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago

I'm sorry, I thought my definition of sarcasm was accurate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

In Dune, thinking machines are banned. Not even calculators are allowed. Complex maths is done by trained savants. I'd argue a calculator is AI, since it's a humanmade device that can extrapolate information from information. That's the definition of intelligence.

[–] blitzen 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Are you suggesting LLMs aren’t powering ChatGPT, the AI front in the post is about? Or am I just missing your joke (which is possible?)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's sarcasm. And yes, a joke. Along the same lines as 'Think of your average person, and realize half the population is dumber'.

[–] blitzen 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Guess maybe I fall on the wrong side of that divide. :-)